Destructive Fire
LONDON, Saturday.—The City Markets in Dublin have been destroyed by fire. Several adjoining houses were also burnt. The damage is estimated at £100,000…
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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Fires & bushfires
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LONDON, Saturday.—The City Markets in Dublin have been destroyed by fire. Several adjoining houses were also burnt. The damage is estimated at £100,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A survey was made yesterday of the damage done to the barque Lord Kinnaird, which took fire on Saturday evening. The damage to the stores and the vessel is now estimated at about £3506…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—A great fire has occurred at Horishoff, Russia. One thousand houses were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A MEETING of creditors in the estate of Ah Sa[?] Yook, Chinese storekeeper, of Gerogery, held at Albury, was largely attended. Ah Yook was burned out recently, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire which occurred at the Lord Nelson Company's mine, St. Arnaud, destroyed a valuable winding engine, and did damage to the extent of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A TERRIBLE fire broke out in Forbes early this morning. Mr. Geo. Wiggleworth's drapery establishment and private residence, Mr. Frampton's drapery establishment, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE continuation of events from the Fire Brigade Demonstration of November 9 and 10, 1891, was held at the Agricultural Ground yesterday afternoon, and will be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—The town of Hedley, in the province of Quebec, Canada, has been destroyed by fire. Over a hundred families have been rendered homeless. The damage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A DELEGATE meeting of the above amalgamation was hold on Monday night at the City Fire Station, Scott-street, Superintendent Gardner occupying the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The United States authorities have dispatched a force of 500 soldiers, with several Gatling gues, to Fire Island to enforce a landing, so that cholera…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FIRE occurred this morning in Parker-street, Cootamundra, three shops built of brick being completely destroyed. Only for the splendid supply of water recently laid on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE fire brigades' competition was continued yesterday as Moore Park. Owing to the tearcity of water the engine practice contest was not defiaitely decided. The Waverley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—A disastrous fire, resulting in the total destruction of Woodhead's wool factory, occurred at Bradford last night. The damage is estimated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MR. G. C. MARTIN, District Coroner, held an inquest at M'Carthy'e Hotel, Hinton, yesterday, on the fire which occurred of the store of Messrs. Pickett and Co. on the 14th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A wire from Auckland states that a fire broke out on the ship Timaru, belonging to the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, on Wednesday, but it was extinguished before much damage had been done…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A fire, which is supposed to have been caused by some oil from the oilroom penetrating the carbon refrigerator, occurred on the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The steamer Guthrie, from Japan, brought particulars of a fire which occurred on board the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's splendid steamship Empress of Japan, running between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Thursday.—The grandstand at Aintree racecourse, six miles from Liverpool, was completely destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EARLY this morning a fire was discovered in premises situated at Balmoral-avenue, Rosedale Estate, Canterbury, and occupied by Mr. John Williams baker. The alarm was raised,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The annual meeting of the above brigade was held at the fire station on Thursday evening last, for the purpose of receiving report and…
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